delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to become tense; to become serious; to become sober; sobering; bracing
you (plural); all of you; you all
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
right beside; close to; nearby
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)
change; transition; vicissitudes
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)